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Bare root hostas. We've got five bare
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root hostas which I'm so excited to grow
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this year down at the a lotment. I've
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seen them so much on people's gardening
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feeds and in the gardens and they look
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absolutely gorgeous. So I thought I'd
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get some and give them a try myself. And
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these are five different varieties. So
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we're going to get some great foliage
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and hopefully some beautiful flowers on
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them. We're going to grow these in plant
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pots so that we can protect them a bit
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from the subs. put like copper wire
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around the plant pots and obviously some
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brambles, some old brambles around the
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bottom to spike the slugs from crawling
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up home. So yeah, we're going to try and
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protect them as much as possible. But
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these are winter hardy perennial.
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They'll survive the winter and get
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bigger and better every single year.
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We're going to grow these. So we're
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going to have to soak these for a couple
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of hours, get them drinking some water
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and get them growing. And then we're
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going to plant them in plant pots and
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hopefully get them outside and get them
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So, I've put them to soak in some water
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for a couple of hours, and as you can
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see, they've got shoots on them. So,
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they're looking pretty good and
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[clears throat] healthy. So, exciting to
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see these grow. And we're going to get
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these growing in plant pots and
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hopefully get them coming along for this
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So, they've been soaking now for a
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couple of hours. So, yeah, we're going
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to get these planted and get these into
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plant pots. We've got some Bell
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30 cm. We can always make them into
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bigger plant pots as they get growing
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bigger, but yeah, they should be fine
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for the time being. So, let's get some
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compost in and let's get these planted
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So, we've planted them up into the plant
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pots. We've had to put two in one of
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them because I'm short of a plant pot.
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So, I need to get another plant pot and
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put the other one in. So, yeah, we'll
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keep them watered. We're going to keep
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them in the poly tunnel for the time
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being because it's like 30° in here. So
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that'll help them grow and get some
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strength and hopefully can help produce
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bigger plants ready for this summer. So
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yeah, let's get them watered and let's
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